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` DAVID GOULD, 01? PLAINYIILE, CONNECTICUT.

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Specication of. Letters ratent,

Patented Nov. 5, 1912.

Application filed'Septem'ber 28, 1911. Serial No. 651,846.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID GoULD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Plainville, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in Boxes, ofwhich the v 4- following is a specification.

An objecty of the invention is to provide a container, the closure ofwhich is adapted to lock with the container when the same is properlypositioned thereon. My invention is particularly adaptable for use inCconnection with confectionery boxes and the like to lock the cover ofthe box with the box when the same is properly positioned thereon sothat when the cover Iis removed from the box the samewill be partiallyde stroyed, thus preventing other persons-tfrom em loying the box toaccommodate other articles than those that were originally intended forthe box.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings constituting a partof this specification, in which similar characters of reference denotecorresponding p'arts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view, of my device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, parts beingbroken "away -tov disclose the underlying Structure. Fig.(3' is aperspective view of the hook of my device. Fig. 4 is a perspective viewof the looking lug of my device.

* Referring to the views, Iprovide a container 10 having a cover 11 forremovable cngagement with the container as shown in Fig. '1.` At one endof the cover 11 a Weakened portion 12 is formed in any suitable lnannerand Secured to the weakened portion 12 is a hook 13 provided withintegral gripping lugs 14 for securing the hook to the weakened portion12, the said hook bein adapted to depend in the cpntainer 10 an havingthe lower end cu'rve'd at 15, the said hook being provided with alateral extension 16 adapted to ,abut against the under side of thecover 11 as will be seen by referring to Fig. 2. A looking lu 17 havingthe ends thereof bent and forme into integral gripping lugs 18, isadapted to be connected to one end of the container 10, a main plate 19of the looking lug being'spaced a distance from that end of thecontainer to which the looking lug is Secured.

In the use of my device'the container 10 is first filled with thearticle adapted to bbe packed in the container' and the cover 11 is thenengaged With the container in the usual manner. AS the cover 11 is movedinto engagement with the container 10 the hook 13 will pass between theplate 19 and the end of the container to which the looking lug 17 isSecured, the hook 13 isV preferably made of a fiexible material and whenthe bent portion 15 of the hook is passed beyond the plate 19, thatportion of the hook will ten'd to Spring outwardly so that if an attemptiS made to remove the cover from the container, the hook will engage thelooking lug 17, thus preventing the cover from being removed from thecon'- tainer as will be readily understood by referring to Fig. 2. Whenit is'aesired w uncover the contents of the container 10 the cover 1sremoved 1n the usual manner and 'in doing-so, the weakened portion 12will .break away from the cover 11, thus making it possible to entirelyremove the cover from engagement with the container 10. By breaking theWeakened portion 12, the cover will be mutilated to Such an extent thatit will be very impractical to attemptto either repair the cover orreuse the container 10 or cover 11 for the reception of other ar-.ticles.

Although fon the purpose of describing my invention I have shown aparticular' construction thereof and havedlsclosed a particularcontainer, it will'be understood that Il do not limit myself to thementioned construction and that containers of various sizes anddimensions can be' emtployed, the

scope of the invention ,being de ned in the appended claim.

Having thus fully described the invent-ion, what I claim as new, isv Asa new article of manufacture, the combination with a container providedwith a' removable cover' having a weakeed portion formed therewith, ofa' hook memberv depending from the under -Side of the said Weakenedportion, the said hook member consisting of. a single piece of materialbent' to form a lateral extension abutting against the under side of theWeakened portion and In testimony Whereof I a'fix my Signatureterminat'mg in g frilppingV tliugs 1:xtending in presence of twowitnesses.

transversely throug the sai wea ened ortion, and a lockng lug on thesaid contafner v DAVID GOULD' 5 and partially spaced. therefrom to lbe ven- Wtnes'ss:

gaged by an upwardly curved portion of the ARTHUR O. Momus,

said hook member. VIcmR GoULD.

